Chapter 98

As Bai Shi's words echoed, the several middle-aged cultivators standing in mid-air turned their gazes toward Bei Chenzi. This time, their gazes were not filled with the previous shock and fear, but rather with a scrutinizing presence.

Bei Chenzi's body trembled slightly. Her hatred for Bai Shi seemed to have seeped into her bones. In response to Bai Shi's words, she waved her sleeve once more, and the powerful force within it immediately roared out. As a mocking smile appeared on Bai Shi's lips, the force struck him again, causing his body to directly crash into the stone platform, shattering it into pieces. As he spat out another mouthful of blood, he was flung away.

Without the support of the stone platform, Bai Shi's body was thrown back and finally landed heavily in the snow!

However, he did not fall to the ground!

Facing his enemy, he would never fall. Unless he was dead, as long as he had a breath left, he would show his persistence and fearlessness to his enemy, and never show any sign of... defeat!

In the snow, Bai Shi coughed twice, the smell of blood filling his nostrils. Suppressing his pain, a smile appeared on his lips again. This smile seemed to carry boundless coldness. As he supported himself with a larger stone nearby, he slowly stood up from the snow, then looked at Bei Chenzi.

This time, his gaze was not as calm as before, but had returned to its previous depth. This depth seemed to emit a kind of deathly aura, which would make people feel an inexplicable chill when sensed.

Especially when Bei Chenzi saw it, her body suddenly stiffened. Clearly, she did not know what gave Bai Shi such courage to stand up again and look at her with such a gaze.

She would never understand Bai Shi's world, nor his inner persistence, nor his fearlessness in the face of death!

Bai Shi's body trembled slightly as he suddenly laughed coldly. The laughter was hoarse, but when people heard it, they could sense the madness in it. This madness made his laughter abruptly stop, and he spoke in a deep voice.

"What? Did I hit a nerve... It's no wonder. Uncle said you were a frog at the bottom of a well, and you truly are! Not only is your heart narrow, but your vision is also short-sighted. The soul-absorbing technique I used earlier is indeed that.

However, it's not what you think. Those who use the soul-absorbing technique are not necessarily evil... Because of your cultivation and your vision, you don't understand soul-absorbing. You don't know the fundamental meaning of a soul-absorber's cultivation!"

As Bai Shi spoke, he struggled to take a step forward. This step was like his foot dragging along the ground. But even while dragging, he wanted to show his vitality and strong will in front of Bei Chenzi!

As his foot dragged through the snow, a trace of red, which should not belong to winter, appeared. But it was like the winter plum, a seed that would not perish, like Bai Shi's inner resolve, like an unyielding will, like the persistence and fearlessness that Bai Shi was now emitting, unafraid of the cold!

"Fortunately, you, Bei Chenzi, don't know the soul-absorbing technique. If you really knew it... a true calamity would come to the world. With your selfishness and self-interest, who knows how many cultivators would die at your hands!"

As Bai Shi's words fell, Bei Chenzi, high in the air, clenched her teeth in silence. Her fists made a 'cracking' sound, and a powerful aura emanated from her body, compressing the void. As her robe fluttered, a mad killing intent instantly spread from the aura. At the same time, her right hand grabbed the air, and the space where her hand grabbed became extremely distorted. The essence of heaven and earth transformed into the power in her palm, and under her spiritual control, it suddenly became a sharp sword with a cold glow.

The moment this sword appeared, everyone who saw it drew a sharp breath. Only Bai Shi, with a smile, did not retreat a single step but stared at the sky, as if waiting for death to come.

This sword, containing all of Bei Chenzi's cultivation power, hovered in her palm, emitting a rumbling sound, as if it had the power of the eight desolates, piercing through the void and echoing in everyone's ears!

"At the brink of death, you still speak without restraint. You are truly too arrogant!

I, Bei Chenzi, will make your life like this dancing snow, without a place to belong, and your blood like the melting snow, boundless. Your bones will be like shattered stones, turning to dust!"

In the sky, Bei Chenzi suddenly shouted, her eyes filled with endless killing intent, and her body emitted boundless killing aura at this moment!

Her hand suddenly raised, and the floating sword stopped in front of her. As her right hand formed a seal, a white light seeped from her fingertips, instantly gathering on the sword, turning the almost transparent sword into a white, blindingly bright sword.

Bai Shi did not retreat, his gaze focused on Bei Chenzi, his mocking smile still on his face. He spoke again, "Cultivators of the same sect should not kill each other. Because of your selfishness and ignorance, you have changed. You will always be a pitiful... old woman! Today, even if I, Bai Shi, die at your hands, you will only kill my body. You can never erase... my will! My will exists in the heavens, in the earth, in the vast void, in the dome of the eight desolates! If I am fortunate enough to reincarnate, I will find it and take your life, Bei Chenzi!"

After speaking, with a mocking smile, Bai Shi slowly closed his eyes. His black hair fluttered in the wind, and his expression looked very peaceful.

Su Xuan wanted to step forward to stop him, but at this moment, the endless hatred made him focus his gaze on Bei Chenzi, forgetting to move. He clearly knew that if he stepped forward to stop Bai Shi, he would die with him.

He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that after his death, no one would come to Dong Chenzi to recall the scenes of Bai Shi's death, and no one would help Bai Shi erase the one who took his life!

In Xi Chenzi, his gaze was always focused on Xi Chen Village, as if waiting for something to appear in that focus.

In Dong Chenzi, his heart was in unbearable pain, as if his heart was being torn apart. In this helpless situation, he felt extremely guilty.

Perhaps, only he himself knew why he did not use his soul power when Bai Shi spoke earlier.

The reason might be that he truly cared for his fellow disciples, or perhaps his true self had no soul! Or maybe, he himself was a soul!

But all of this, others did not know, and it could only be buried in his heart, unsaid...

Just as he felt guilty and helpless, his expression suddenly changed, and his eyes showed surprise.

Because when he looked up, he saw a star falling from the highest sky.

This star, Dong Chenzi had observed for several nights. The last time, in the same position, he saw a similar star fall. Following the fall of this star, the soul of the sword flew out from Xi Chen Village, and strange changes appeared in the Chen Mountain Range. The day the star fell was the day Bai Shi obtained the Dragon Roar Sword!

This scene, when it appeared in his eyes, made him think of something. He suddenly looked at Bai Shi. At this moment, he saw the blood flowing from Bai Shi's arm... onto the Dragon Roar Sword!